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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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id="color-calibrate-scanner">
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<link type="guide" xref="color#calibration"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrationtargets" />
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<link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrate-printer" />
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<link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrate-screen" />
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<link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrate-camera" />
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<desc>Calibrating your scanner is important to capture accurate colors.</desc>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Richard Hughes</name>
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<email>richard@hughsie.com</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>How do I calibrate my scanner?</title>
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You scan in your target file and save it as an uncompressed TIFF file.
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You can then click <gui>Calibrate...</gui> from
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<guiseq><gui>System Settings</gui><gui>Color</gui></guiseq> to
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create a profile for the device.
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Scanner devices are incredibly stable over time and temperature
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and do not usually need to be recalibrated.